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Facebook will not apply EU privacy rules globally

Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg has no plans to extend new European Union laws on data privacy to users of its social network around the globe. In an interview with Reuters, Zuckerberg said that Facebook would like to make such privacy guarantees "in spirit," but stopped short of committing to it as the standard for the social network across the world. The European Data Protection Regulation is applicable from 25 May.

Opinion

Sometimes in chess, a sacrifice brings victory. Theresa May should pay heed to the example of Slovakia's premier, Iveta Radicova, who sacrificed her job in order to get difficult euro bailout legislation through the Bratislava parliament.

The EU commission is giving more time to the Swiss government to endorse a deal that would put various sectorial agreements to access the single market under one deal. Nevertheless, after Brexit, the EU has had enough of exceptions.